Combined cane and tobacco-pipe.



I. HOFFMAN. COMBINED CANE AND TOBACCO PIPE.

APPLICATION FILED 11111127, 1911.

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ISRAEL HOFFMAN, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

COMBINED CANE AND TOBACCO-PIPE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed May 27, 1911.

Patented Jan. 2,1912. Serial No. 629,782.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ISRAEL HOFFMAN, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of New York, borough of Manhattan, in the county and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Combined Cane and Tobacco-Pipe, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The object of the invention is to provide a new and improved combined cane and tobacco pipe, arranged to permit of conveniently detaching the pipe from the staff and to permit separate use of the same.

For the purpose mentioned, the upper portion of the staff is made hollow and curved, and the pipe is detachably connected at its stem with the upper staff portion, the mouthpiece of the pipe extending within the said upper staff portion, and the bowl of the pipe forming with the said upper staff portion the crook for the cane.

A practical embodiment of the invention is represented in the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the views.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the combined cane and tobacco pipe; Fig. 2 is a like view of the same and showing the tobacco pipe detached from the cane; Fig. 3 is an enlarged sectional side elevation of the curved upper portion of the staff and the pipe in position thereon; Fig. 4: is'a plan view of the bowl of the tobacco pipe with the vent in open position; Fig. 5 is a like view of the same with the vent in closed position; Fig. 6 is a side elevation of the tobacco pipe, parts being shown in section; Fig. 7 is a sectional plan view of the curved upper portion of the staff, the section being on the line 7-7 of Fig. 8; and Fig. 8 is a face view of the same.

The combination cane and tobacco pipe consists essentially of a staff A and a tobacco pipe B detachably secured to the upper hollow curved portion C of the staff A. The pipe B consists essentially of a bowl D pro vided with a hinged cover E, a stem F and a curved mouthpiece G screwing in the stem F, to allow turning of the mouthpiece G into an upward position for convenient engagement with the curved upper portion C of the staff A, as will be readily understood by reference to Fig. 3 and the dotted lines in Fig. 6. When the pipe B is used separately of the staff A then the mouthpiece G is turned downward into the position shown in full lines in Fig. 6, to permit of conveniently using the pipe B for smoking.

Various means may be employed for detachably connecting the pipe B with the curved upper portion C of the staff A, but I prefer the construction shown in the draw- 1n S.

On the terminal of the curved portion C is formed an inwardly-extending flange C, provided at diametrically opposite points with notches C for the passage of lugs H projecting from the stem F to permit the lugs to pass to the inner side of the flange C, on giving a slight turn to the pipe B on assembling the parts, it being understood that the turning motion of the pipe is limited by the lugs H abutting against the shoulders G formed on the inner side of the flange G. The lugs H are placed a distance from a shoulder F at the junction of the stem F with the bowl D, and this shoulder F abuts against the face of the flange C when the parts are assembled so as to form a smooth joint with the bowl D of the pipe B and the upper curved portion C of the staff A. The lugs H are preferably formed by driving a pin diametrically through the stem F, as indicated in Fig. 6, with the ends of the pin projecting beyond the peripheral face of the stem F, as indicated in Fig. 6. When the lugs H are against the shoulders G then the axis of the pipe B extends in the same plane as the axis of the stafl A, as shown in Fig. 1. Now, by the arrangement described, the upper curved portion C of the staff A and the pipe B form a crook for the cane to permit of conveniently taking hold of the cane at the crock.

The cover E is provided with apertures E adapted to be opened and closed by a disk I mounted to turn on the under side of the cover E and having apertures I adapted to register with the apertures E, as shown in Fig. 5, or to move out of register with the same, as indicated in Fig. 4, to close the apertures E. The cover E is preferably hinged and adapted to be held in a closed position by a suitable locking device J, as indicated in the drawings. Now when the bowl D of the pipe B is filled with tobacco, and the pipe is attached to the curved staff portion C, as previously explained, and the disk I is closed, then the tobacco cannot fall out of the bowl D, and

likewise if ashes are contained in the bowl they cannot drop out while using the pipe B as part of the crook of the cane. Then the pipe B is detached from the cane and is used for smoking, then the disk I is moved into open position so as to give the desired vent to the bowl D. The disk I is preferably provided with a lug I extending through an elongated opening E in the cover E to perniitthe user to conveniently turn the disk I into open or closed position. It will be noticed that if the pipe is detached from the staff, the latter is not reduced in height nor its curved handle entirely removed and can be readily used the same as when the pipe is attached.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent:

1. Acombined cane and tobacco pipe, comprising a staff having a hollow curved upper portion, a pipe having a curved bowl, and stem and curved mouthpiece, the mouthpiece being mounted to turn in the stem and form with its curvature a continuation of the curvature of the bowl and stem and adapted to pass into the said curved staff portion, the terminal of the said stafl' portion having an inwardly-extending flange provided with notches, and the said pipe stem having lugs adapted to pass through the said notches to engage the flange on the inner side thereof.

2. A combined cane and tobacco pipe, comprising a staff, the upper end of which is hollowed out and curved, a pipe having a similarly curved bowl and stem and a mouth piece curved in an opposite direction to the curvature of the said bowl and stem, a cover for the bowl, said mouth piece being mounted to turn in the stem to form with its curvature a continuation of the curvature of the bowl and stem and adapted for projection within the said curved staif portion, and means to secure said mouth piece within the stem whereby to form a continuously curved handle for the stafi'.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

ISRAEL HOFFMAN.

Witnesses:

THEO. Gr. HOSTER, PHILIP D. RoLLHAUs.

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